Martin Luther King never supported reparations—his “check” referred to job programs and universal basic income, and his "campaign" referred to the Poor People's Campaign, which was for all poor people.

https://medium.com/a-universalist-in-an-identitarian-age/martin-luther-king-never-supported-reparations-his-check-referred-to-job-programs-and-universal-a8be1c440e04